Yooka-Laylee Four Years Later - I Was So Wrong!

Yooka-Laylee was built from the ground up to be a spiritual successor to Banjo-Kazooie, made by former Rare employees who pioneered the 3D platformer genre. After a big Kickstarter campaign, the hype was off the charts, but upon release, reviews were lukewarm. I was particularly negative at the time.
Four years later, it's time to go back to Yooka-Laylee, and find out how bad it really is. Spoiler alert - not bad at all. In fact, it's pretty good. Playtonic released a huge patch a few months after the game came out that fixed a lot of problems, but still, some issues persist.
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[@TripleEye_Josh]

This video was a lot harder to put together than usual. On top of experimenting with lighting and audio for the on-camera parts, I also had to deal with corrupted video files, the Shadowplay record button in most of the clips, and the trouble of tracking down the Toybox demo (I didn’t actually get any viruses, that was a joke). But let me know what you think of it! Had some trouble with the audio in the on-camera stuff. I bought a lav mic but it sounds terrible, so I thought I’d try with my new XLR mic, but I’m not super impressed with this set up.

[@sizerlecluck8613]

With this set up your gona gets subs like me lol great work thanks for taking about Yooka layee in general rather good or bad i dont think with playtonic Saying in their qoute ( we need to stand on our 2 feet more) it sounds like if their is a second one...we wont get a banjoo tooie we well get something totally deffrant witch to me is a huge shame SO much could be done with this formula and franchise seems like the last couple years platformers are just dieing...agean,

[@mvnvxt]

for someone like me who just found out about your channel with this video I would say that your delivery is really on point, maybe get a little faster to the point of the video at the start of it, but that intro to the story of the game development was really good and it kept me entertained until the review of the actual state of the game. Definitely a sub from me! as for the way the video was put together, I love the changes between you talking on camera and the gameplay reflecting what you are talking about at a particular moment. Hope this helped a little, just my honest thoughts on it, thank you for sharing!

[@arcticridge]

you're good at speaking on camera, keep it up!

[@osakeleto]

it took you 6:47 minutes to finally start talking about it. jesus christ.

[@PizzaTowerFreak]

I REALLY loved this game. The characters are so colorful. It may be a strange game, but I really like it. I wish it had a bigger fandom. At least they're making a Yooka-Replayee!

[@admiralfrosty3495]

I love re-reviews like this, because a lot can change in a game after launch. Great new video setup!

[@sizerlecluck8613]

Im just happy somebody's taking about this game in general as it seems people hate this game just to hate on it

[@BananaMana69]

The game was just fine at launch. Watch MauLers review.

[@ibra-him-ebb]

talk about sonic fans lol

[@earthculture9462]

The pants joke didn't mean "ha ha pants", it was a reference to anthropomorphic characters normally not wearing them.

[@sizerlecluck8613]

funny enough if they did yooka would look weird as hell they tried putting a bunch of deff cloths on him during development like a hoodie or a shirt and it just ...diddet feel or look right i think if they just shrank yookas big ass head and neck hed be perfect

[@thevioletbee5879]

I thought it was an innuendo. “Is that a snake in pants, or are you just happy to see me?”

[@IQzminus2]

Yeah if you look at the small text in the bottom the magazine says “Pants And why you should wear them” I thought it was a nice detail. Didn’t make me laugh, but it was something that made a good impression on me in the intro

[@eirmundgundnand9442]

@@thevioletbee5879 He's talking about the magazine next to the characters in the beginning. Not the literal trouser snake in the room.

[@14akamaru]

I thought it was a reference to Mr. Pants from Rare's first game, "It's Mr. Pants!"

[@adamdenardis5438]

As a fan of Banjo Kazooie games, the weird noises everyone makes while talking sound completely normal to me.

[@Khordmaster]

Worddddddd

[@jasicookies1572]

During the boss fight with Rambo you can stand still on the ramp while being in the rolling position, you don't have to be in constant movement. That is never explained but makes the fight a piece of cake

[@franzpattison]

Shit we get to fight Sylvester Stallone in this game?

[@AveLukas42]

What ?! I'm currently playing the game and stuck on the boss fight

[@9Nifty]

Just started giving this one a try this year due to the bad reviews. For what is considered "the most dissapointing next gen platformer" I sure found myself playing and enjoying it quite a bit. Saying that Yukalalee isn't as good as Banjo is about as helpful as saying Modern Warfare is worse than Goldeneye.

[@nynu8597]

People weren't upset that Jontron was added, they were upset that he was removed. Then Playtonic insulted backers online, leading to people demanding refunds.

[@DanielHodder7]

Good. Racists don’t deserve a platform

[@TimDespairBear11]

I beat this game pre patch when it first came out and even then I enjoyed it a lot. I felt like a lot of the outrage was unjustified. I’m interested in replaying the game though with all the updates.

[@illadelagos8770]

They just announced a remaster!

[@TimDespairBear11]

@@illadelagos8770 I’ll probably get that eventually. I hope they focus on adding new gameplay mechanics instead of the graphics because the graphics already looked good.

[@dumpling321]

I was one of the Kickstarter backers, it's the only Kickstarter I've ever donated to, I never understood the hate this game got. We backed a spiritual successor to banjo kazooie and we got a spiritual successor to banjo kazooie including all the jank associated with the genre and people complained that they literally got exactly what they were promised.

[@thisguy4505]

I'm a Kickstarter backer who finally picked up my Yooka-Laylee GOG copy on Steam Deck. I was so happy to have this as one of the first games I played on it 😄 I think it takes until past the first world for things to click, but once they do you realize that this game is just a giant toy box laid out for your enjoyment. It made me feel like a kid again, where you played games just because they were there.. Not because of hype, or cutting tech, or a metacritic score.. but because it's FUN! I loved everything about Yooka-Laylee.. even the purposefully stupid quizzes!!

[@blekksverd]

As someone who first played this game after it was patched, this has set some things in perspective for me as I didn't realize how much the patch had changed. I feel I understand a bit more why so many people disliked it when it first came out, and also have more respect for the developers that went out of their way to fix so much after release. I really hope to see more games from them. With how much they've grown as a company and as developers, I'm sure a sequel could improve on an already pretty good game. We don't see enough of this kind of games anymore, so it's nice to see that are still developers out there that have passion for this genre.

[@iKickBullies]

I promise you as someone who played day 1 patched, I tried the before patch (ps4 discs ftw) and the big summer update. It really wasn't as big of a deal as anyone will try to make it out to be. Outside the prior to day 1 patch. That being said. If he first played on PS4, the hate originally given wasn't warranted as he played with the day 1 patch. I 100%'d the game on PC prior to the big QOL patch and platinumed on ps4 before it. Outside the 60fps which doesn't really change this game as it's made to play like banjo where being time sensitive doesn't matter much. There's nothing crazy different. The fact they started the game saying it felt like an entirely different game just shows the way ppl who hated it looked at it. Because the changes weren't significant enough to change the way the game feels but to make people who enjoyed it, enjoy it more. Took it from like an 8 to a 9 not a 4 to an 8 like people who try it again later act.

[@DJWoozie]

Rare has come out to say they have had full control of their IPs the entire time.

[@jonathanarmstrong4366]

The invisibility power also lets you channel lasers to kill enemies or power up batteries. I thought it was one of the more functional powers

[@LouSaydus]

Just bought this game because its on sale for $10, seems pretty damn great so far.

[@AgustinRodalAlonso]

Did as well but really hating the controls, currently on the mushroom thing at the 3rd world and it seems designed to mentally torture you D:

[@lenarmangum6401]

“I myself don’t like the Banjo-Kazooie styled jiberesh therefore I cannot understand why some people would like something I do not. Let me continue to drone on about and make.” That’s basically what you just said, yeah I paraphrased it a lot but that’s basically the gist of what you said.

[@TXFDA]

Considering Yooka has an option to shorten the speech sounds for people that don't like 'em, I don't even see why it was a bit deal.

[@Aleister_E.]

I love Yooka-Laylee so much, I've gotten a platinum trophy in it and I really hope another one comes out. Thanks for giving it another shot!

[@willisassounga1963]

2 years later, it seems like your wish has been granted!

[@Aleister_E.]

@@willisassounga1963 I sure do hope so!

[@muscleman125]

Playtonic recently announced a remaster of this game called "Yooka Replaylee" and they have stated it will be a massive sweeping update to the game. They have said they will be reworking the camera controls, highly improving the graphics, adding a little more content, and apparently reworking some of the moves and controls. They are also alluding that they have a proper "Twooka Laylee" sequel planned in the future.

[@madskillz808]

I just bought this on sale for the switch for pennies. I was interested when it was announced, but went on to forget about it. I was quite suprised when I looked up reviews to hear it was poorly received. Good to hear opinion for it has improved.

[@bluecorp8557]

This video wreaks of insecurity. Enough with the self deprecating jokes.

[@blorglord]

mutilation

[@digitplayer5811]

I remember being so excited for this game when it came out. I got it, and I played it, and it almost brought me to tears to see how they continued Banjo and Kazooie's legacy. Since it's almost been 7 years since that happened, I now find myself looking at Yooka the same way I look at banjo. I think about the worlds and how I traveled them so much that they began to feel like home. I was surprised to see such negative reviews about the game. Granted, I got the game after the patch. I'm praying that we get a sequel

[@MatthewCampbell765]

23:02 Actually have a hypothesis that might explain this: They're former AAA-devs that were working in an indie environment for the first time which might have been a shake-up. They quite possibly also bought into their own hype as developers and the appeal of Banjo-esque games. Likewise, there might have been an element of...impatience on their end? They've been just as eager to release a Banjo-esque game as Banjo fans were to get one. This, I think, also explains why Impossible Lair managed to do better: • They had acclimated themselves to an Indie environment. • Yooka-Laylee's reception caused them to eat a bit of a humble pie, in a good way. • The game wasn't as direct a spiritual successor as Yooka was, and there wasn't automatic demand for it in the same way.

[@crimsonking7740]

YO at @12:55 on his bookcase with the games etc. You aee 3 action figures. The one that's on the left that's black and yellow. WHAT IS THAT FROM?!? I ask cause I have it as well and i dont honestly remember.

[@joeseward9466]

Bought this for 10 bucks recently and was wondering why I slept on it for so long but I guess it took a while to get good.

[@Marko-ij4vy]

I got it for free from epic (both first yooka laylee and impossible lair). Havent played it yet.

[@Elivvood]

I had a great time with Yooka Laylee right after its release and it really makes me sad to see everyone bashing it. It might not have met most people's expectations (doesn't apply to me) but it's definitely not a bad game! I hope that we'll get Tooka Laylee at some point ;) (a proper 3D platformer, not the Impossible Lair)

[@sizerlecluck8613]

im glade we are not alone but like i said with platonic saying ( we need to stand on out own 2 feet) it sounds like they want to distance themselves from this forumla i hope thats not the case but we well see its been said that their working on something

[@TXFDA]

To be fair, Impossible Lair is a surprisingly good game too. But yeah, Twoka Laylee would be nice.

[@terabitez3374]

I loved impossible lair and it made me think if this game is good maybe yooka laylee wasn’t as bad as I had thought so I also went back and yeah it’s not bad

[@Chlocean]

9:50 Yooka and Laylee also appeared in Demon Turf, in which Beebz has to speak in garble to communicate-very cute.

[@markwheeler4245]

I’ve just bought it on PS4 I’m just starting world 3 the marshland one I love 3D platform games they were part of my childhood and I wish we saw more of them today instead of multiplayer games as service with no heart just designed to be on going cash cows.

[@SynthLizard8]

I liked the voices and the "juvenile jokes" that's just the charm of the world, it's a vibe rather then a then them trying to be funny. I will say though that naming a entire character as "Kartos the God of Ore" is just dumb to me, it's just a flimsy tie-in gag.

[@Woobuggy848]

1:58-2:02: don't forget spyro. Plus it's five-year plan was up. As a side note: i hope it goes out with a big bang!!! It was good while it lasted.

[@sizerlecluck8613]

talk about all at once. seems like platformers have all died just in the laft few months

[@appetiteforguitar]

Your detailed re-review and, may I mention your beard, are great! :) I've now played YL for a few hours. It's such a strange game.... lots of stuff is really annoying but it's also fun.

[@drufster7574]

Love this video, everything about it, just fantastic work man!!

[@Stewerrvideos]

1:26 You may not know what to do with your hands, but I was surprised by how well-spoken you are, both in tone and cadence. It's a tricky art that I know I'll never master myself, but it seems it comes natural to you.

[@matteria3239]

Where can I find the game mentioned at 3:27?

[@matteria3239]

Unbox: Newbie's Adventure Fount it😅 anyone else played it?

[@AshaiTides]

Great video, but I hope you're leaving the overly self-deprecating comments out these days.

[@lilmancc35]

I just got this game, and im honestly in love with it. Alot of these design issues mentions are avlidable. You can easily get other pagies and leave the level to do other stuff instead. Kinda like in sm64. Some of the stars in each level can be left alone to speed up gameplay instead of constantly slowing down and struggling. All that aside, i cant wait to see where they go next.

[@HackCausality]

I don't understand how they screwed up the lighting so bad. When Yooka's in shadow his red parts don't turn shaded red, they just turn solid gray. Why.

[@matthewjohnson1891]

I wish there was more direction in the game. I felt like it was a giant maze.

[@iKickBullies]

This is my only issue. The Hub felt like a maze to me. I wasn't a fan of how they did it. But I get they were copying the Kazooie style. But I'd have preferred they made it more concrete like Tooie. It has teh best hub imo. Makes everything feel grand without doing too much

[@thevioletbee5879]

Just got the game on a massive sale, so even if I’m not crazy about it, it’ll still be worth the money.

[@yakovhadash]

now there's a remastered version coming, i hope you make a new video when it's out

[@tomradburn2073]

Nice review. Impossible Lair is possibly the best 2D platformer I've played... need to go back to this one and give it another chance.

[@armyofninjas9055]

It was great except for the bizarre difficulty spike of the impossible lair. Game would have been so much better without that nonsense.

[@dadou193]

Is this review (and the patch mentioned that made the game so much better) applicable to nintendo switch? Please let me know thankss

[@neilshadow8364]

I played it on my Switch for a while, but then left it for other title. Thanks for motivating me to go back to play it

[@TXFDA]

Similarly, I played it on Xbox ages ago when it was on Game Pass. Then stopped pretty quick (as in, like, barely into the first world). They recently gave it out for free on Xbox, now that it's gone from Game Pass, and I loaded it back up, and am surprisingly having a lot of fun. Surprisingly, because I honestly don't really like Banjo Kazooie all that much. It always felt super clunky, being an old N64 game that didn't control nearly as well as Mario 64 did. The controls in Yooka Laylee are actually really fun. Especially once you figure out how to get massive distance on jumps by attacking off a ledge, double jumping in mid-air, and then air-attacking for a boost at the end. You can do all kinds of platforming nonsense. It also reminded me that I gotta get back to A Hat in Time. But I think I'll wait until I get the DLC for it.

[@face7875]

I had a lot of fun playing this game, yeah the karto parts were of the least enjoyable but on the other hand I hated the flying bonus areas of Spyro even more!! And everyone seemed to hate the casino stage which I enjoyed the most. With the new patch fixing to make things better I think the game is still underrated to this day. And at least you can turn the voice sounds off now.

[@TrisaiTR]

Good video, subbed. I was curious after watching this if you ever reviewed pumpkin jack since thats another platformer i love and i saw you talked about it an upcoming games video and said you would review when it came out, but i cant seem to find it, do you plan on making a video about it someday?

[@adamdenardis5438]

Pants is a reference to an obscure Rareware game called "It's Mr. Pants"

[@jeremygregorio7472]

Yooka Laylee isn't anything like banjo kazooie and that was the problem. Yooka Laylee plays like a modern 3D collectathon platformer while banjo kazooie plays like an old ZX spectrum game. Banjo kazooie has much less emphasis on exploration and much more emphasis on gameplay execution and puzzle solving.

[@MetalMarioandfriends]

The Quizzes should of been put at the end like in the Banjo games

[@akiotatsuki2621]

Bruh who could hate those voices? i love em!

[@adamdenardis5438]

I love the quizzes. They're like the Gruntilda quiz game from Banjo Kazooie.

[@Umbrella2]

I’ll give it another go but I did try it a few times as I really wanted to like it but it just felt so lacking to me, not a patch on the charm and polish of BK, I think it needed a lot more time in the oven!

[@tomd96]

By far my worst complaint about the game is the bosses. Especially Capital Bee. You gotta go through 3-4 phases without healing once. Everything else is like a game where you can just turn your brain off (mostly, besides the minecart sections, the 4th/5th world's minecart sections were ass). Maybe that is a skill issue on my part but I did not have a good time trying to actually finish the game.

[@Red-z5f1e]

9:47 the same thing did happen to me except it was way longer than 4 years before the update I didn’t like the game now that the update is out it’s one of my favorite games

[@adamdenardis5438]

Everyone seemed to jump the bandwagon. I actually loved it then and i love it now. The 3D platforming genre is back to stay and i give full credit to Yooka Laylee for reopening the floodgates to allow others through like Spyro, Crash Bandicoot, Ty The Tasmanian Tiger, Klonoa, and other games like it to come back. Back then, you had modern gamers who hated collectathons from the N64 era calling them dated. It was the old N64 fans who funded the game and made it possible.

[@talksick508]

Coming from a banjo fan in the 90s Yooka laylee is great

[@illadelagos8770]

I love magazines wearing pants and every character speaking in N64 grunts!

[@thefullmoongamer]

Nicely done, i must give the game a try now👍🏻

[@rexxxx1984]

@Triple Eye Hi, grate video. At mark 11:00 you say, that you can not install earlier builds on steam, I just wanted to inform you, that is not true. There is a Web interface to the Steams Package Database where you can find all Package Numbers from all Kinds of Updates DLC and so on. With the Console in steam you can install every Version of a Game and go back, you will find plenty of tutorials about this topic. Hope that information will help you in future projects.

[@mr_indie_fan]

Huh never heard of unbox but it looks interesting!

[@SharkSprayYTP]

Yooka Laylee was a great game. i really enjoyed it. nice little platforming collectathon.

[@GUNZEE5]

Nice review! I really like your style! Especially how you poke fun at your own mistakes. I'll have to give the game a try when I get the chance.

[@Thuperman788]

its free on epic right now if you haven't tried it yet.

[@GUNZEE5]

@@Thuperman788 Thanks for looking out! I have played now and definitely enjoyed it! Especially the final boss as he was no slouch!

[@judyh3707]

I never played the unpatched version, but I got it for $6 for ps4. I still didn't find the platforming particularly great, and the camera is okay but it sometimes doesn't go as high as I wish it would. Its still a lot of fun, I didn't want to put it down for the most part. But its not the kind of game I'd like to 100%: Rextro suggested I beat the high score for another Pagie and I said, yeah we're not gonna 100% this. The frustration threshold on this is not high.

[@gothnerd887]

5:35 does anyone else believe the rumour that JonTron was *tricked* into saying something r*cist?

[@foxgod8832]

Free on epic games tomorrow! I originally played it on the ps4 but am looking forward to playing it with the patch. I want to 100 percent it for the first time! Good review, it was really interesting to listen to you talk about it

[@Yitsul]

I learned the hard way overhyping for Smash Bros. Brawl

[@MultiMangoPie]

I just got it on sale, and I can't put it down, its really good.

[@Deadforge]

Games are allowed to do these things freely more and more but mainly Indie amd AA games mostly

[@9-VoltGaming]

8:00 Okay Mr. Krupp

[@TheBeird]

I only played it when it came to the Switch later on in the year of its release, so maybe those initial problems had been fixed by then. But I liked it. My expectations were more level headed though, I think. I weren't expecting anything better than Banjo. Just a fun throwback, which is what I got. Found it hilarious that some like Stop Skeletons were proclaiming that 3D platformers were obsolete with its release, since later on in that year we got Hat in Time and Mario Odyssey to huge success. Whoops.

[@gostreiver8036]

Yooka layley would be so much better if the worlds were just more condensed. It would have been entirely possible to just push them together more and make it ascend higher or add more buildings or something like banjo It feels daunting and even maybe impossible to find all of the “quills” in every level , until you get the tracker tonic. That is something banjo never suffered from because the levels felt like they all revolved around one big central area. Mumbos mountain. The pyramid in gobi desert. The Christmas tree in freeze easy. I really liked yooka layley but I think the massive levels take away from the design core that banjo is so famous for. And even though I did enjoy yooka layley more than the critics or your average fan. I do find it much less replayable than a banjo or Mario 64 with more centralized worlds

[@TaxOwlbear]

Annual video throwing shade on Star Citizen when?

[@yookalayleefan638]

hi, are you a fan of YOOKA-LAYLEE ?

[@inajosmood]

Nice Re-review! AND Right now the game is for free in the Epic Games Store! It's a steal *wink wink*

[@TXFDA]

It's also currently one of the free Games with Gold on Xbox, until September 15th.

[@hsjoberg]

Unbox is awesome! Didn't finish it but it was a charming game.

[@hsjoberg]

23:07 Not enough or bad Quality Assurance.

[@ToniSkit]

Those flaming sounds are the point - it’s just funny - because it’s so ridiculous lol

[@UncleCastro]

Great vid! But part of me wonders if there’s a better patch for the game that you’re using (just installed the new one on switch) Look, I really want to love this game, I’ve finished both Banjos about 6 times each, but this game plays so much worse than the n64 games. It still feels too floaty, attacking enemies feels like nothing when you can hit them, most of the combat is attacking and missing cause it doesn’t feel tight at all. The worlds are too big and the basic things you need to find are too convoluted to find or too hidden. Going back for the fourth time and each time I remember why I stopped playing. It just doesn’t feel good to play, Banjo is vastly superior in that aspect. So I think I’m finally giving up on finishing this one :/. Now impossible lair is a completely different story. It still feels a little floaty and jank, but it is a huge improvement over the first one.

[@Deadforge]

Great video as well

[@BrazileoTotalBrazil]

I'm really nostalgic about the N64 era, and I still enjoy 3D plateform games a lot. I had a blast with Yooka-Laylee, it's a truly great game. I don't understand the backfire. It's not a masterpiece, it could have been better with better level design and more interesting objectives for the pages. It suffers from the competition of Super Mario Odyssey of course, but it's a great game nonetheless. It looks, sounds and plays fantastic. I think it's up there will the best platform games of the N64 era. It's better than DK 64 but not as good as the Banjo games or Mario 64, that doesn't make it a bad game.

[@andreworders7305]

24:32 by publishing them they’re not really indie games

[@cyruscolter6882]

Love this, thank you

[@yaosio]

Yes.

[@franzpattison]

Great video! 👍 I think your beard would look great encrusted with my se men!

[@FlamespeedyAMV]

YES

[@ImaFnT-Rex]

I remember that time.. and JonTron fanboys all attacking the thought of this game

[@phillipmoreno6487]

I am getting it NOW for $6 on PS4 (USA) 🤓

[@oswinner9265]

I had no build up for this game. Just came off finishing Banjo-Tooie in late 2020 on my beloved n64 and bought a Switch. Got this game as I heard it was from old Rare developers and I enjoyed it muchly. I was surprised at how much it gets panned online, however I wasn’t around the scene when it originally released.

[@Jdfskitz]

its a fantastic game that got hated on because jon tron had his fart jokes removed. I've loved it from the start, and when that happened. It made me lose so much hope in the game industry because this was our one chance in a decade to bring back 3d platformers to AAA Studios. while they are a AA studio, a big enough name would've made a massive difference. I was furious at the reception caused by a streamer and it made me realize how much sheep mentality the gaming industry has. Also sorry, that polish patch. wasn't that much different from the game before the polish patch. You were just judgemental during your first review.

[@truepatriot6657]

People were so blind of nostalgia for banjo they refused to see the good aspects of yooka

[@AgustinRodalAlonso]

I gotta say I am kinda disappointed... I love Banjo Kazooie, and was excited because of it to play Yooka Laylee, but I gotta say control are a BIG failure for it... Not really sure if it is only the switch version, but having worst control than that of N64 with so many years apart? It seems beautiful and will continue to play just because, but I have a bad feeling I might leave it without completing it...

[@davideduardogonzalezcaball3364]

You should play The tower of monsters

[@saintd_ii]

doesn't have the banjo magic, looks large and empty and unpolished with ugly characters which is uncharacteristic of rare

[@Justforvisit]

This game isn't made by Rare.

[@saintd_ii]

@@Justforvisit Did I say it was?

[@TXFDA]

Honestly, I think Yooka gets a bad rap. I swear, most of the hate for it came from the fact that it "wasn't as good as Banjo", and everyone had massively inflated hopes for it because of who was making it, and that they specifically called it a "spiritual successor to Banjo Tooie." I feel like the game would have had a way better reception if they didn't mention Rare, or Banjo, and just made it as a completely unrelated standalone thing. Then again, it's kickstarter probably wouldn't have blown up, so who knows? Here's the funny thing. I'm not a fan of Banjo, but I actually enjoy Yooka Laylee. And I think I know why. The movement controls. The ol' N64 controls of Banjo 1 and 2, and Conker, always felt super clunky to me. At least, as someone that didn't play them back in the day. I played 'em eventually via emulation, and even again via Rare Replay on Xbox. But playing Yooka Laylee, I'm having quite a bit of fun just dicking around while I play. Yooka Laylee just feels really nice to control. Not to mention that you can do that attack-off-a-ledge to get extra distance thing that Donkey Kong Country did, and add to that the extra burst of distance you get from an air attack, and you get do some pretty neat things with just the jumping. And then there's the rolling thing you can do. I dunno, I don't think Banjo is bad. I never have. But I never really ENJOYED playing it. Meanwhile I'm over here playing Yooka Laylee, and I'm enjoying it quite a bit. ____________________ Side note, this and A Hate in Time or some of my favorite 3D Platformers.

[@lenarmangum6401]

So Crash Bandicoot that also came at in 1996 the same year as Super Mario 64 doesn’t lay a foundations for platformers? Does that revolutionary game not count?

[@VivversX]

I think he was going more for examples of "3D collectathon" platformers, as it relates to what this video is about. It wouldn't make sense to use Crash as its more of a linear level based 3d platformer.

[@invadertak1001]

Dude that's not funny it's just irritating 14:25 get on with video.

[@visualdosage234]

Free on epic rn

[@rauljaramillo923]

It's a good game indeed, but Banjo Kazooie had unique characters and enemies in each level, secrets, collectables that guided you, the quiz stage was enjoyable and you only do it once, and also no stamina bar. I replayed it yesterday and still felt like inside a fantasy world. Yooka Laylee is a very good game but doesn't have the charm that BK has (in my opinion, sorry if it's different than others :)

[@sizerlecluck8613]

It does feel mundane but in a way its apart of its charm.

[@snakehachi]

i remember hating this when it came out but im happy to hear its better. gonna give it anotrher go. also the bosses, Rare's DK 64 had some of the best boss fights ever and i wonder if thats what the idea was supposed to be. jack-in-box boss fight was soooo memorable

[@thequarky1]

Jon Tron

[@leonelbruzzese1584]

You realized it a little late, didn't you?